.. ?" she said, then winced at the dual response. "No- I mean-" I call him 'Junior, '" said the older synthetic, a wry grin on his lips. "Or 'Seven.'"...Seven?" I was - I am - the sixth," he said, breaking eye contact. "I think."Renee bit her lip, then settled on her knees next to him. She leaned close, ignoring the unwashed smell of his body. "You're Simon," she said softly. "Not the sixth, or any other number. You're a good person, even after everything they've done to you. You're unique."The. "Any ways, before I found you here I went and saw your younger brother Jacob in New York City," Allison said. "Not a nice guy at all, especially after finding out we were related. He seemed to snap at me over everything and didn't want to answer any of my questions. Has he always been like that?" she asked."No, actually. That's really surprising. He seems like a good kid. A little selfish and spoiled, but still pretty good at heart," I replied, a little taken aback at her description of Jacob.. "And why is that?" I asked with a smile."Well, we thought you might get angry or jealous of us going to the doughnut shop last night," she replied."I'm a bit jealous but if we're not going to go out, you might as well meet new guys, both of you," I said. "It's going to be happening to me too, so it wouldn't be fair for me to get angry. Just be careful and keep Asuka around until you can trust them." I found out that Kentaro's family and ours do some business together so Asuka is doing some. That’s where the first part of reality hit us. It was only four o’clock and no one was ready to lie down and sleep in the back seat. Well, Dad did. I think he can sleep anywhere and anytime. Mom and Pey sat up and managed some semblance of having seatbelts fastened, even though they were sitting with their legs curled up. Dad lay down with his head in Mom’s lap and most of his body on the mattress in the space between the seats. Joan got shotgun as long as I was driving. Mom wasn’t going to.